[PATCH net v7 1/2] ipv6: flowlabel: take ip6_fl_lock across mem_check and fl_intern
From: Maoyi Xie
Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 03:25:01 EST
mem_check() in net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c reads fl_size without
holding ip6_fl_lock. fl_intern() takes the lock immediately
afterwards. The two checks therefore race against concurrent
fl_intern, ip6_fl_gc and ip6_fl_purge writers, which makes the
mem_check budget check approximate.
Move spin_lock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock) and the matching unlock from
fl_intern() into its only caller ipv6_flowlabel_get(). The
mem_check() call now runs under the same critical section as the
fl_intern() insert, so the budget check is exact.
With all writers and the read of fl_size under ip6_fl_lock,
convert fl_size from atomic_t to plain int. The four sites that
update or read fl_size are fl_intern (insert path), ip6_fl_gc
(garbage collector, the !sched check and the per-entry decrement),
ip6_fl_purge (per-netns purge), and mem_check (budget check), and
all four now run under ip6_fl_lock.
This is a prerequisite for adding a per-netns budget alongside
fl_size. The follow-up patch adds netns_ipv6::flowlabel_count and
folds it into mem_check().
Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyi.xie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index c92f98c6f..43b5e9ce9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
#define FL_HASH_MASK 255
#define FL_HASH(l) (ntohl(l)&FL_HASH_MASK)
-static atomic_t fl_size = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static int fl_size;
static struct ip6_flowlabel __rcu *fl_ht[FL_HASH_MASK+1];
static void ip6_fl_gc(struct timer_list *unused);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void ip6_fl_gc(struct timer_list *unused)
if (time_after_eq(now, ttd)) {
*flp = fl->next;
fl_free(fl);
- atomic_dec(&fl_size);
+ fl_size--;
continue;
}
if (!sched || time_before(ttd, sched))
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void ip6_fl_gc(struct timer_list *unused)
flp = &fl->next;
}
}
- if (!sched && atomic_read(&fl_size))
+ if (!sched && fl_size)
sched = now + FL_MAX_LINGER;
if (sched) {
mod_timer(&ip6_fl_gc_timer, sched);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_fl_purge(struct net *net)
atomic_read(&fl->users) == 0) {
*flp = fl->next;
fl_free(fl);
- atomic_dec(&fl_size);
+ fl_size--;
continue;
}
flp = &fl->next;
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static void __net_exit ip6_fl_purge(struct net *net)
spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
}
+/* Caller must hold ip6_fl_lock. */
static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_intern(struct net *net,
struct ip6_flowlabel *fl, __be32 label)
{
@@ -212,8 +213,6 @@ static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_intern(struct net *net,
fl->label = label & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
- rcu_read_lock();
- spin_lock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
if (label == 0) {
for (;;) {
fl->label = htonl(get_random_u32())&IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
@@ -235,8 +234,6 @@ static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_intern(struct net *net,
lfl = __fl_lookup(net, fl->label);
if (lfl) {
atomic_inc(&lfl->users);
- spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
return lfl;
}
}
@@ -244,9 +241,7 @@ static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_intern(struct net *net,
fl->lastuse = jiffies;
fl->next = fl_ht[FL_HASH(fl->label)];
rcu_assign_pointer(fl_ht[FL_HASH(fl->label)], fl);
- atomic_inc(&fl_size);
- spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ fl_size++;
return NULL;
}
@@ -464,10 +459,14 @@ fl_create(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct in6_flowlabel_req *freq,
static int mem_check(struct sock *sk)
{
- int room = FL_MAX_SIZE - atomic_read(&fl_size);
+ int room;
struct ipv6_fl_socklist *sfl;
int count = 0;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&ip6_fl_lock);
+
+ room = FL_MAX_SIZE - fl_size;
+
if (room > FL_MAX_SIZE - FL_MAX_PER_SOCK)
return 0;
@@ -692,11 +691,19 @@ static int ipv6_flowlabel_get(struct sock *sk, struct in6_flowlabel_req *freq,
if (!sfl1)
goto done;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_lock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
err = mem_check(sk);
+ if (err == 0)
+ fl1 = fl_intern(net, fl, freq->flr_label);
+ else
+ fl1 = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ip6_fl_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
if (err != 0)
goto done;
- fl1 = fl_intern(net, fl, freq->flr_label);
if (fl1)
goto recheck;
base-commit: ebb639024ebd47a13a511cce6ae630c15e4b3126
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2.34.1